Lantern-bracket.



No. 805,145. PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905. M. D. LEWIS.

LANTERN BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.6, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905.

Application filed February 6. 1905. Serial No. 244,453.

T0 (1, 11/71/0777, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MALoALM D. LEWIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at C0- lumbia, in the county of Boone and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lantern-Brackets,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lantern-brackets,

and more particularly to a bracket adapted to be attached to the bed orbox of a buggy, wagon, or other vehicle for the purpose of holding alantern.

Among the salient objects of the invention are to provide a device ofthe character referred to by means of which a lantern or other light maybe quickly and securely attached to the bed or box of a vehicle and atsuch location thereon as to hold the light in a most desirable andconvenient position; to provide a two-piece bracket one piece of whichis permanently attached to the box or bed, while the other may bedisengaged at will or adjusted to such position that it will not be inthe way, and, in general, to provide a bracket of the character referredto which is simple, inexpensive, and practicable.

The invention will be readily understood from the following description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isa view showing a portion of a wagon or buggy bed with the deviceattached thereto in position to receive the lantern. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the socket member which is adapted to be attached tothe vehicle. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the bracketmember frame. Fig. 4is a sectional view of the vehicle-bed, showing a modified form ofsocket member with bracket member and lantern attached thereto at theupper edge of the bed or box; and Fig. 5 is a side or edge view of thedevice shown in Fig. 4.

In the drawings, 1 designates a portion of the bed or box of a wagon,buggy, or other vehicle to which the device is applied.

The invention comprises a socket member 2, as shown in Fig. 2, andsecured to the bottom of the bed or box, as shown in Fig. 1, and

a bracket member 3, comprising a frame, as shown in Fig. 3, covered withleather or other suitable covering, as shown in Fig. 1, said coveringbeing similar to the usual dashboardcovering as applied to buggies andthe like. This construction of bracket member can be padded, and therebyprovide amore effective holding member for the spring-clasp on thelantern to be attached thereto. To this end the bracket member 3 is cutaway in its middle portion to form a frame and to lighten the device.

In Fig. I a slightly-modified form of socket member is shown. In thisconstruction an extension is provided between the base-plate and thesocket portion, and the member is placed on the inside of the box orbed, the length of the extension (designated 4) being such that thesocket portion comes near the upper edge of the box or bed, as clearlyindicated in Fig. 4. The bracket member is applied thereto so as toproject over the edge of the box or bed, as shown, and thelanternattached thereto in the manner indicated. The stem of the bracket memberis preferably square or cornered, so as to fit snugly and rigidly, andis of such length as to insure it against being accidentally disengaged.If desired, the bracketmember can be turned so as to project along theside of the bed or box in an out-of-the-way position, as will be obviouswithout special showing, or it can be removed with the lantern at will.

\Vhile I have shown and described what I deem a preferred embodiment ofthe inven tion, it is obvious that alterations and modifications can bemade therein without departing from the spirit of the invention, and Ido not, therefore, limit the invention to the details of constructionand arrangement here shown and described except in so far as suchdetails are made the subject-matter of specific claims.

I claim 1. As a new article of manufacture, a lantern-bracket forvehicles, comprising a socket member adapted to be attached to thevehicle and a lantern-receiving bracket member comprising a flat,fiag-likebody portion provided at one side with a downwardly-projectingstem adapted to said socket member, said stem and said bracket memberlying within substantially the same plane.

2. As a new article of manufacture,a bracket for lanterns or the like,comprising a socket member adapted to be secured to the bed or box of avehicle, and a bracket member consisting of a rectangular frame providedat one side with a downward ly-projecting stem adapted to said socketand covered with leather or analogous material,substantially asdescribed.

3. A lantern-bracket comprising a member provided with a corneredsocket, a bracket member provided with a cornered stem adapted to saidsocket, said bracket member consisti ng of a metal frame covered withleather stem projecting therefrom in the same plane I or analogousmaterial and arranged to project and adapted to said socket, said framememin a vertical plane from said stem. ber being padded and covered withleather or 4. Abracket for lanterns and the like, comanalogous material,substantially as and for prising a member provided with a cornered thepurpose described.

receiving-socket and abase-plate for securing MALCALM D. LEWIS. saidmember to the box or bed of a vehicle, a \Vitnesses:

bracket member consisting of a rectangular L. J. SLATE,

frame provided at one side with a cornered A. G. SPENCER.

